WELCOME TO STEM-CHANGING VERBS



Stem-Changing Verbs e:i

  • bendecir (*) to bless
  • impedir to impede
  • colegir to deduce
  • maldecir (*) to curse
  • competir to compete
  • medir to measure
  • conseguir to get, obtain
  • pedir to ask for, to order
  • corregir to correct
  • perseguir to pursue, to persecute
  • decir (*) to say, tell
  • reír to laugh
  • despedir to dismiss, fire
  • repetir to repeat
  • elegir to elect
  • seguir to follow, continue
  • freír to fry
  • servir to serve
  • gemir to groan, moan
  • sonreír to smile
Example.
  • He is repeating the word.
  • El está ripetiendo la palabra.


Stem-Changing Verbs e:ie

  • acertar to guess, get right
  • encender to light, kindle
  • advertir to advise, warn
  • entender to understand
  • cerrar to close, shut
  • fregar to scrub, wash dishes
  • comenzar to begin
  • hervir to boil
  • confesarto confess
  • mentir to lie
  • consentir to consent
  • negar to deny
  • convertir to convert
  • pensar (en) to think about
  • defender to defend
  • perder to lose
  • empezar to begin
  • preferir to prefer
Example.
  • I am lying to my parents.
  • Yo estoy mientiendo de los padres.

Stem-Changing Verbs o:e

  • almorzar to eat lunch
  • morir to die
  • aprobar to approve
  • mostrar to show
  • colgar to hang
  • mover to move (an object)
  • contar to count, to tell
  • probar to prove, test, sample, taste
  • costar to cost
  • recordar to remember
  • devolver to return (an object)
  • resolver to solve
  • volver to return (from someplace)
  • rogar to beg, pray
  • dormir to sleep
  • sonar to sound, ring
  • encontrar to find
  • soñar (con) to dream (about)
  • envolver to wrap
  • tostar to toast
  • morder to bite
  • volar to fly
Example.
  • He is sleeping.
  • El est
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Games

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Scatter

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For aditional help you can visit:

http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/stemue.htm
http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/resources/spanish_stem_changing_verbs.php
http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/38